My Antonia Discussion Stuff
Jordan Stackhouse
Introduction from unnamed narrator-adding
to credibility of story like the “autobiography” of Jane Eyre? What does the
flash into the future do to the rest of the story? Positive or negative?
What do you make of the “My” in
front of Antonia?
1. What
do you think of Cather being a woman writing in the voice of a man reflecting
on his boyhood?
2. What
do you make of Jim’s description of the father? Obvious foreshadow to the
suicide? Pg63
3. Differences
between the Bohemians and the minorities in the other novels? They have a
larger part in the story and seem quick to learn and respected.
4. What
do you make of Jim and Tony’s relationship?
5. How
are the gender roles played with? “Much as I liked Antonia, I hated a superior
tone that she sometimes took with me.”
6. Pater
and Pavel
7. Mr.
Shimerda’s death and the fact that he was unable to be buried because he committed
suicide?
8. Why
did Shimerda commit suicide?
9. Illustrations
10. Chapter
breaks a
11. nd
book breaks in the text.
12. The
change of setting from Europe to America-differences in culture and practices
13. Religious/cultural
barriers between Antonia and Jim (Catholic vs. Protestant and cultural)
Quotes:
·
The descriptions of the people-insightful and
reflective of their feelings/personalities pg 56 with grandfather, description
of Antonia and her father etctera
·
“This girl seemed to mean to us the country, the
conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood.”
·
“If I live here, like you, that is different.
Things will be easy for you. But they will be hard for us.”
·
“I never know you was so brave, Jim,” she went
on comfortingly. “You is just like big mans; you wait for him lift his head and
then you go for him. Ain’t you feel scared a bit? Now we take that snake home
and show everybody. Nobody ain’t seen in this kawn-tree so big snake like you
kill.”
“Why aren’t you always nice
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